navigable

[ nav-i-guh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.

  2. capable of being steered or guided, as a ship, aircraft, or missile.

  1. Computers. designed or arranged in a way that facilitates moving from web page to web page or from one section to another on a website.

Origin of navigable

1
First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin nāvigābilis, equivalent to nāvigā(re) “to sail” (see navigate) + -bilis-ble

Other words from navigable

  • nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty [nav-i-guh-bil-i-tee], /ˌnæv ɪ gəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, nav·i·ga·ble·ness, noun
  • nav·i·ga·bly, adverb
  • non·nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·nav·i·ga·ble, adjective
  • non·nav·i·ga·ble·ness, noun
  • non·nav·i·ga·bly, adverb
  • un·nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, noun
  • un·nav·i·ga·ble, adjective
  • un·nav·i·ga·ble·ness, noun
  • un·nav·i·ga·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for navigable

navigable

/ (ˈnævɪɡəbəl) /


adjective
  1. wide, deep, or safe enough to be sailed on or through: a navigable channel

  2. capable of being steered or controlled: a navigable raft

Derived forms of navigable

  • navigability or navigableness, noun
  • navigably, adverb

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